Category: Family News

  • Hate Virginia

    I hate so much the nightmare of Virginia! I am often baffled at how much the music, dating, and friendship people disappoint me in comparison to Austin, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. Both are downtown areas I have had apartments in before living here. I lived by myself, and had no roommates. Then my mother literally kidnapped my daughter out of school illegally in Texas, and forced me to move to Virginia out of the blue with threats to my daughter. I beg Anne daily to move back home away from Virginia, and she never listens to me. My daughter proved she never loved me when she picked a Virginia school to graduate from with a degree. We could have had a shot at getting out of this horrible place, but unfortunately she has never lived in a better town in her adult life so she does not know what she is missing. Visits back to New Orleans and Austin are the only thing that keeps me hanging on to a sense of joy.

  • Elsa Storm

    The Elsa storm is kicking my area’s butt today. A storm queen indeed.

  • Bad Dogs

    This is how bad my chihuahua dogs have been acting this month. Bad dogs!

  • A Pokemon Summer

    Time for a Pokémon Summer.

  • Moving Day

    So long Residence Inn Marriott you were a good place to stay after the fire. However I have a new place to stay now, and have to move along.

    Room Key
  • Wild Days

    Wild days at the end of the school year in North Chesterfield, VA. Teaching after the pandemic has challenges for sure!

  • Fire Update

    Fire update: My building is totaled, and I suddenly need a new apartment! The government says my old building is condemned due to the fire that happened 3 units from my unit destroying most things, and so I will never be moving back in to it. Fortunately renters insurance I have is paying for a hotel, and a moving service is moving my recovered things to storage Wednesday. This has been nerve wracking and rough for sure, but it could be worse. At least most of my belongings survived the water and smoke damage. There is a horrible smoke and chemical smell to the apartment making moving things frustrating. I had a sprained ankle a week ago, have a childhood heart-murmur, and suffer migraines so suddenly moving large furniture is tricky for me.

  • Nutshell

    My 2021 in a nutshell is this cartoon.

  • Hotel Dogs

    My dogs Bootsie and Bella have become hotel dogs now. They have been surprisingly well behaved in this wild adventure. I am really glad they were not burned up in the apartment building’s fire. Belongings can be replaced, but living beings can not be replaced!

  • Still Stuck

    I am still stuck at the hotel room today. At first it was exciting, but now I just want my own food and stuff returned. I am constantly afraid if things in the room get lost or broken I will be charged a mint to replace them. What insurance will and will not “pay” for can turn sketchy. It is not like being on a voluntary vacation at all! I think an electrician who used to work at that apartment building was breaking things on purpose to make extra work for himself for profit. Things break with suspicious “frequency” in that building that seems to be lining repair workers pockets all too well. I am now in favor of moving to a new area!